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0:00 Intro

13:32 Cuba & The Colonies

15:15 Industrialization

18:02 Cuban “Independence”

24:50 The Rise Of A Dictator

28:15 The Rise Of A Revolution

30:19 Cozying Up To The USSR

33:32 A Crisis Unfolds

38:50 The Fall of the Soviets

42:28 Cuba In The 21st Century

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